Bayonet mounting for guns



April 7, 1925. 1,532,960

J. TOMAN EK BAYONE'I' MOUNTING FOR GUNS Filed Maygl, 1924 07. Tam/mak Patented Apr; 7, 1925.

JOSEPH romanian, orrn'csco'rr, rExAs.

BaYoNnr MOUNTING ron GUNS.

Apulioation filed May 21, 1924. Serial No. 714,847.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Beit known that I, Josnrn TOMANEK, a

citizen of Czechoslovakia, residing at Truscott, in the county of Knox and State ot Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bayonet Mountings for Guns, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to certain new and useful lmprovements in bayonet mountings for guns and has for its primary object to provide a resiliently mounted bayonet nor mally held in a retracted and housed conditin with respect to the outer end of a gun barrel and adapted for automatic projec- '.tion forwardly of the gun barrel to be rigsupported in such projected position. further object of the invention isto provide a bayonet mounting of the above type wherein independent means are provided for holding the bayonet in a retracted and housed position separate from the automatic retracting and projection devices to.

gun equipped with an automatically projecting bayonet constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the n barrel with the bayonet supported t ereon and in a rojected position with the housing for the a onet and its associated mechanism remove Figure 3 is a side elevational view similar to Fig. 2 showing the bayonet in a retracted position, v

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view through the housin for enclosing the bayonet and with the ayonet in its projected position illustrating the latch devices for holding the bayonet retractedr and projected,

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional View,

similar to 4 showing the separate lock device for holding the bayonet retracted,

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional View through the bayonet housing with the bayonet retracted, and

Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view taken on line VITVII of Fig. 1.

The gun may be of any convenient type 'of rifle embodying a barrel 1 with which the automatically p-rojecting bayonet is associated. The bayonet includes a handle 2 carrying a blade 3 at its forward end while rings or eyelets 4 guide the bayonet handle and .'blade in its sliding movements. f

A bracket 5 shown in detailin Fig. 7 is secured as at 6 to the side of the gun barrel l and carries a forwardly directed plate 7 at its outer end extendin I parallel wththe barrel while the forwar end of the plate 7 is provided with an opening 8 for purposes to be presently described. A rod 9 is slidable t rough the bracket 5 and is provided `with a hook 10 upon its forward end that en ages the hook 11 upon the rear end of the ayonet handle 2 as illustrated. The bayonet is automatically projected beyoud t e forward or muzzle end of the arrel 1 by the rod 9, bracket 5 at its rear end while the forward end thereof engages the disk 13 secured to' the rod 9 adjacent the hook 10.

The rear end of the rod 9 rearwardly of the bracket 5 'is angularly lbent as at 14 and carries a linger piece 15, the side wall of the barrel 1 being provided with a socket 16 that houses a spring pressed latch 17 'for engagement with the bent end. 14` of thc rod for holding the bayonet retracted the coil spring 12'surroundingv the coil spring engaging the against the tenslon of the spring 12 as shown in Fig. 3. When the latch 17 is operated to release the rod 9, the spring 12 automatically projects the bayonet forwardly of the muzzle end of the barrel and the bent end 14 of said rod is engaged by the latch 18 housed in the socket 19 formed in the barrel 1 as illustrated in Fi 4.

The latch devices above described and the connection between the rod 9 and bayonet hook `l1 are employed when the gun is in actual use, and to p-revent accidental projection of the bayonet, the curved housing 20 hinged as at 21 to the side of the barrel is released at its free'edge from the catch 22 and swung upon its hinged mounting to permit access to the bayonet and its automatic operating mechanism. To lock the bayonet in a retracted position independently of the rod 9 and latch 17, the hook l1 upon the rear end of the bayonet handle 2 is moved into engagement with the opening 8. in the plate 7 as shown in Fig. 5, the housing 2O being then lnoved to the closed position illustrated in Fig. 7 for entirely housing the bayonet and restricting its movement for-preventing it from'becoming disconnected from the platev 7, as clearly illustrated iu Fig. 5.

From the above detailed description of the device, it is thought that the construction and operation thereof should at once be apparent and while there is herein illus-A trated the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is nevertheless to be.

understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention asclaimed.

What is claimed as new is In an automatic bayonet mounting for guns, the combination with a gun barrel, a bayonet slidably mounted thereon, resilient means detachably connected to the bayouet for normally projecting the latter, latch devices for holding the bayonet projected vor retracted, immovable means carried by the barrel to which the bayonet may be attached for holding the latter retracted when not in use, and a cover hinged tothe barrel adapted to enclose the bayonet when retracted and to prevent it from being accidentally ,detached from the immovable means,'when Vso enclosed.

In testimony whereof I aiix my si iatul'e.

JOSEPH TOMA EK. 

